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This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts within the Oxfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5141
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads713
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.013 %
As % of the category below1.080 %2.145 %
Daily rates quoted18
Average minimum daily rate£250£250
Average daily rate£275£266
% change on same period last year+3.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£281
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£303
% change on same period last year+6.19 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£32.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.76£34.25
% change on same period last year+7.35 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads648606
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.864 %0.613 %
Daily rates quoted128119
Average minimum daily rate£293£311
Average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted144124
Average minimum hourly rate£18.70£20.16
Average hourly rate£20.33£21.65
% change on same period last year-6.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.96£23.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Software Engineer South EastSoftware Engineer
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Engineer across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordDown-34£275-31.25 %
AbingdonNew entry-1--
Software Engineer South EastSoftware Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title.

15 (41.67 %)XML
24 (33.33 %)XSLT
24 (33.33 %)Python
24 (33.33 %)C#
24 (33.33 %)Perl
24 (33.33 %)SQL
24 (33.33 %)VB
24 (33.33 %).NET
24 (33.33 %)SQL Server
24 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
24 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
24 (33.33 %)VB6
33 (25.00 %)Intranet
33 (25.00 %)Internet
33 (25.00 %)ASP
33 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
33 (25.00 %)OO
33 (25.00 %)UNIX
33 (25.00 %)Linux
33 (25.00 %)UML
42 (16.67 %)Windows
42 (16.67 %)COM
42 (16.67 %)DCOM
42 (16.67 %)RUP
42 (16.67 %)MTS
42 (16.67 %)C
42 (16.67 %)Oracle
42 (16.67 %)C++
42 (16.67 %)HTML
42 (16.67 %)Microsoft

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (41.67 %)XML
24 (33.33 %).NET
24 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
24 (33.33 %)XSLT
33 (25.00 %)ASP
42 (16.67 %)COM
42 (16.67 %)DCOM
42 (16.67 %)HTML
51 (8.333 %)Cocoon
51 (8.333 %)CSS
51 (8.333 %)XSL
51 (8.333 %)ATL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (16.67 %)MTS
21 (8.333 %)Tomcat
21 (8.333 %)Apache
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
23 (25.00 %)Intranet
23 (25.00 %)Internet
31 (8.333 %)DNS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (33.33 %)SQL Server
21 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)Ant
11 (8.333 %)Visual Studio
11 (8.333 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Aerospace
11 (8.333 %)Automotive
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Client/Server
11 (8.333 %)Mathematics
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (25.00 %)UNIX
13 (25.00 %)Linux
22 (16.67 %)Windows
31 (8.333 %)FreeBSD
31 (8.333 %)Windows NT
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)UML
13 (25.00 %)OO
13 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
22 (16.67 %)RUP
31 (8.333 %)OOA/OOD
31 (8.333 %)OOD
31 (8.333 %)Automated Testing
31 (8.333 %)Unit Testing
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (33.33 %)Perl
14 (33.33 %)SQL
14 (33.33 %)VB
14 (33.33 %)C#
14 (33.33 %)Python
14 (33.33 %)VB6
22 (16.67 %)C
22 (16.67 %)C++
31 (8.333 %)JavaScript
31 (8.333 %)Embedded C
31 (8.333 %)Shell Script
31 (8.333 %)VC++
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)Degree
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (16.67 %)Oracle
12 (16.67 %)Microsoft
12 (16.67 %)NetApp
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